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Colour

#A8BFC2

  • #A8BFC2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#A8BFC2 is a cyan with RGB values 168, 191, 194 and HSL 187°, 18%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#A8BFC2#A8BFC2
HEX#A8BFC2
RGBrgb(168, 191, 194)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.749, 0.7608
RGB percentages65.9%, 74.9%, 76.1%
HSLhsl(186.9, 17.6%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.9, 13.4%, 76.1%)
CMYK13.4%, 1.5%, 0%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,059,138
CSS custom property--colour: #A8BFC2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49481WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.9:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#57403D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBBDC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6B9C2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A1C1C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 8.5Dark grey · ΔE 10.5Light blue · ΔE 11.5Light grey · ΔE 12.1Light steelblue · ΔE 12.8Powder blue · ΔE 13.1
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 8.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2ABA8
Analogous#A8C2B8, #A8B2C2
Triadic#C2A8BF, #BFC2A8
Split complementary#C2A8B2, #C2B8A8
Tetradic#B8A8C2, #C2ABA8, #B2C2A8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4EBEC
Lighter +10%#C6D5D7
Darker −10%#8AA9AD
Darker −20%#6C9398
Darker −30%#56777B
Darker −40%#415A5D
More saturated +25%#95CDD4
Less saturated −25%#B5B5B5

Channel breakdown

R168
G191
B194
Red168 (65.9%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue194 (76.1%)
Hue186.92°
Saturation (HSL)17.57%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G BF · B C2

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